Caihong Military Settlement
The military settlement Caihong ( Chinese 彩虹 眷村 , Pinyin Cǎihóng Juàncūn , German: "Military settlement rainbow") is a former settlement for soldiers and today an art monument in the Taiwanese city of Taichung . The park-like facility is known for its colorfully painted buildings. The pictures on the walls of the buildings were painted by a former soldier of the Republic of China Armed Forces named Huang Yong-Fu, which is why this artist was called "Rainbow Grandpa" by many people. Many buildings next to the settlement were demolished. After a student protest against the demolition plan, the Taichung city government decided to leave the painted settlement as an art park. The members of the artist's family are currently the only residents of the area.
history
After the defeat in the Chinese civil war , the powerless ruling party Kuomintang had to withdraw to Taiwan. The government built the settlement to offer their soldiers shelter.
The name "Caihong" comes from the colorful paintings on the walls of the settlement by the retired soldier Huang Yong-Fu. The walls are so colored that visitors associate them with the rainbow. In doing so, the painter turned the settlement into a tourist attraction. Despite the art, however, the old settlement was shabby and dilapidated in 2010. The city government made the decision to demolish the entire settlement. They offered the residents money to voluntarily leave the buildings. The plan was not implemented after a protest by students. The city government relented, and so the settlement could be saved as an art park.
In 2010 some of the paintings were destroyed by an unknown person and parts of the buildings were also damaged. Huang Yong-Fu was broken into and money was stolen. Another incident occurred in February 2011. Someone sprayed parts of the painting and wrote swear words on the walls.
The eponymous artist
The "rainbow grandpa" Huang Yong-Fu ( Chinese 黃永 阜 , Pinyin Huáng Yǒngfù ) was born in 1924 in Taishan , Guangdong , Republic of China, the son of a soldier. Huang's father died in the Sino-Japanese War . Huang Yong-Fu fought as a volunteer against the Japanese and communists. After the civil war, he followed Chiang Kai-Shek to Taiwan in 1950 . Huang then served in the Taiwanese Air Force and retired in 1979. Before Huang began his painting career, he worked as a gatekeeper for Ling Tung University for a few years . In 2015 and 2016 he received awards for his service in the Sino-Japanese war.
Subjects of painting
With a rich imagination, the ninety-year-old painted many pictures with different themes. Most of them are based on animal figures such as B. rabbit, monkey, bird and chick.
Characters from cartoons are also important subjects of painting.
photos
Caihong Military Settlement
Caihong Military Settlement
Caihong Military Settlement
Caihong Military Settlement
Caihong Military Settlement
Caihong Military Settlement
Web links
- Description of the facility on the Taiwanese government's travel portal
Coordinates: 24 ° 8 ′ 0 ″ N , 120 ° 36 ′ 34 ″ E